Eclipse Stardust 3.0.0 (Mars)

Release Date
Deliverables
  • Modeling plugins to create and debug workflow models from within eclipse.

  • Stardust process engine to execute BPM applications on various java-based runtime environments.

  • Stardust web portals for browser-based execution, monitoring of business processes and associated applications.

  • Browser-based modeler for creating and deploying workflow models directly in browser environments.

  • Browser-based reporting component for runtime monitoring and reporting of BPM applications.

  • Integrated rapid application environment (RAD) for deploying and executing BPM applications in an embedded Tomcat server within the eclipse modeling environment.

  • Possibility to consume the Stardust runtime as a Maven dependency in build files of consuming projects and to automatically configure runtime deployments by consuming Maven archetypes.

  • Documentation

 

Compatibility

API Changes

The following API changes have been performed with this release:

RuntimeEnvironmentInformation object provides additional information

The RuntimeEnvironmentInfo object is enhanced with the following methods to provide additional information like timestamp of the last target archive time, audit trail UUID and name:

Method

Return Value

Parameter

getLastArchivingTime

Long

-

getAuditTrailUUID

String

-

getAuditTrailName

String

-

Deprecated Functionality

The XML Data type integration is deprecated and will not be provided in the Eclipse modeler in future releases. You can use the External Reference structured data type instead, which is equivalent to the XML Data type, with the difference that it supports XSD schema exclusively (no DTD specification).

Default Portal Skin has changed to modern Style

The default skin for the Portal has changed to the modern skin. Please note that the screenshots provided in the documentation still show the old skin and will be adjusted in future releases.

Dropped Platforms and Platform Versions

The support for the following platforms or platform versions has been dropped with this release:

  • MySQL 5.0, 5.1

Maven Module Changes

With the Maven build migration in version 3.0.0, several Maven module POM files have been removed. Please adjust your projects that might contain references to these accordingly.

For more details please check the releasenotes.

Target Environments

Supported Portal Platforms

The portals are currently supported on the following user agents:

User Agents

Supported Versions

Internet Explorer (except Modeling, Model & Go! and Rules Management perspectives)

9.0, 10, 11

Mozilla Firefox

34, 36 (note that future browser releases are not tested with @productnameonly@ yet and might cause issues)

Google Chrome

40, 41 (note that future browser releases are not tested with @productnameonly@ yet and might cause issues)

Supported Database Servers

The following database servers are currently supported:

Server

Supported Versions

Oracle

10g (deprecated), 11g R1 (11.1.0.6.0) (deprecated), 11g R2 (11.2.0.1.0), 12.1.1 (12c)

DB2 UDB

9.5, 9.7

Derby

10.9.1.0

MySQL

5.6

Sybase ASE

15.0

SQL Server

2008, 2012

Supported Application Servers

The following application servers are currently supported:

Server

Supported Versions

IBM WebSphere

7, 8 (8.0.0.5 or later)

Oracle WebLogic

10.3.3, 10.3.6, 12.1.2 (12c)

JBoss

7.1, EAP 6.2

Jakarta Tomcat

7

Supported Java Runtime

Vendor

Supported Version

Oracle, Sun

Java SE 6

Oracle

JDK 7

IBM

32 Bit JRE 6.0 (together with WebSphere 7 / WebSphere 8)

Oracle

JRockit 6 (together with Oracle 11g application server)

Other System Dependencies

Vendor

Supported Version

Spring

3.2.4

Jackrabbit

2.6.1

Hazelcast

2.4

 

Name Date Description
M1 2014/08/20
M2 2014/10/01
M3 2014/11/12
M4 2014/12/17
M5 2015/01/28
M6 2015/03/11
M7 2015/05/06
RC1 2015/05/20
RC2 2015/05/27
RC3 2015/06/03
RC4 2015/06/09
This release is part of Mars